Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs o1-mini

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.1 to 48.4.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and o1-mini specifications
ERNIE 5.1o1-mini
ProviderBaiduOpenAI
Noometry Index43.834.0
Released—2024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1939

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o1-mini
LMArena Coding14881362
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
WeirdML—36.3%
LiveBench Coding—48%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o1-mini
Cybench—10%
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o1-mini
LMArena Hard Prompts14811333
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—18.1%
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
ARC-AGI-1—14%
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—135.82
LiveBench—57.8%

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o1-mini
LMArena Math14811358
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—46.9%
LiveBench Math—62%
MATH Level 5—89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o1-mini
LMArena Expert14921316
GPQA Diamond—62.4%
Confabulations—18.6%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o1-mini
LMArena Non-English14541289
LMArena Chinese15081314
LMArena French14881293
LMArena German14701278
LMArena Japanese14221245
LMArena Korean14271223
LMArena Russian14591283
LMArena Spanish14731303

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14601304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14621320

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o1-mini
LMArena Text14681317
LMArena Creative Writing14411244
LMArena Multi-Turn14711314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than o1-mini?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or o1-mini better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and o1-mini share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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